Academic Degrees:

• B. Sc. (Hons.), University of Melbourne, Australia, 1969
• Ph.D. (Physics), University of Melbourne, Australia, 1978
• D.Sc., University of Melbourne, Australia, 1988

Appointments 

2001-2004

Director, Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University

2000-

1991-2006

Director, Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy,
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University

1991-1996

1987-2000

1984-1987

1978-1984

Teaching Interests

• Advanced Electron Microscopy Methods
• Optics and Modern Physics

Research Interests

• Atomic-resolution electron microscopy
• Quantitative electron microscopy
• Semiconductor heterostructures
• Magnetic materials
• Nanostructured materials

Honors & Awards

• Fellow, Inst. of Phys. (U.K.), 1981
• Charles Vernon Boys Prize (Inst. of Phys, U.K.), 1985
• Dean's Quality Teaching Award, 1989
• Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award, 1990
• Regents' Professor, Arizona State University, 2000
• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2002
• Listed in ISI Highly Cited in Materials Science, 2003
• Listed in Who's Who in the World, 2005

Selected Publications

D.J. Smith, A.K. Petford, L.R. Wallenberg, and J.-O. Bovin, "Dynamic observations of atomic-level rearrangements in small gold particles", Science, 233, 832 (1986).

S.S.P. Parkin, Z.G. Li, and D.J. Smith, "Giant magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Co/Cu multilayers", Appl. Phys. Letts., 58, 2710 (1991).

A.K. Datye and D.J. Smith, "The study of heterogeneous catalysts by high resolution transmission electron microscopy", Cat. Rev. Sci. Eng., 34, 129 (1992).

D.J. Smith, D. Chandrasekhar, B. Sverdlov, A. Bochkarev, A. Salvador, A., and H. Morkoc, "TEM characterization of structural defects in wurtzite GaN grown on 6H SiC using plasma-enhanced molecular beam epitaxy", Appl. Phys. Letts., 67, 1830 (1995).

Z. Horita, D.J. Smith, M. Furukawa, M. Nemoto, R.Z. Valiev, and T.G. Langdon, "Investigation of grain boundaries in sub-micrometer-grained Al-Mg solid solution alloys using high-resolution electron microscopy", J. Mater. Res., 11, 1880 (1996).

D.J. Smith, "The realization of atomic resolution in the electron microscope", Reports Prog. Phys. 60, 1513 (1997).

D.J. Smith, M.R. McCartney, C.L. Platt, and A.E. Berkowitz, "Structural characterization of thin film ferromagnetic tunnel junctions", J. Appl. Phys. 83, 5154 (1998).

R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, M.R. McCartney, B. Kardynal, and D.J. Smith, :"Magnetic interactions within patterned cobalt nanostructures using off-axis electron holography", J. Appl. Phys., 84, 374 (1998).

S.A. Chaparro, J. Drucker, Y. Zhang, D. Chandrasekhar, M.R. McCartney, and D.J. Smith, "Strain driven alloying in Ge/Si(100) coherent islands", Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1199 (1999).

M.R. McCartney, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, M.R. Scheinfein, D.J. Smith, S. Gider, and S.S.P. Parkin, "Origin of magnetization decay in spin-dependent tunnel junctions", Science, 286, 1337 (1999).

M. R.McCartney, M. A.Gribelyuk, J. Li, P. Ronsheim, J. S. McMurray, and D. J. Smith, "Quantitative analysis of one-dimensional dopant profile by electron holography", Appl. Phys. Lett., 80 3213 (2002)

D. J. Smith, D. Chandrasekhar, S. A. Chaparro, P. A. Crozier, J. Drucker, M. Floyd, M.R. McCartney, and Y. Zhang; "Microstructural evolution of Ge/Si(100) nanoscale islands", J. Crystal Growth, 259, 232 (2003)

Graduate Students

• Ping Lu, "High Resolution Electron Microscopy Studies of Surface Structure and Reactions", 1989.
  
• Martha R. McCartney, "Observation of Electron Irradiation Effects at Transition-Metal Oxide Surfaces", 1989.
• Patrick E. Diehl, "Characterization of Xray Mirror Multilayers Sputtered in Reactive Atmospheres", 1993.
• Minghui Yao, "Study of Supported Particle Catalysts by Electron Microscopy Methods", 1994.
• Anjaneya R. Modak, "Effect of Grain Structure and Interface Characteristics on GiantMagnetoresistance in Co/Cu and Fe/Cr Multilayers", 1994.
• Durvasulu Chandrasekhar, "Growth and Characterization of Group IV-Based Alloys on Silicon", 1997.
• Margaret Floyd, "Microstructural Evolution of Group IV-Based Alloys on Silicon". 2001.
• Jing Li, "The Application of Off-Axis Electron Holography to Semiconductor Materials. " 2001.
• Balachandar Ramadurai, "Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films used in Magnetic Random Access Memory", 2003.
• Toshihiro Aoki, "Characterization of HgCdTe/CdZnTe (211) B Heterostructures and HgTe/HgCdTe Superlattices", 2003.
• Lin Gu, "Characterization of Novel Epitaxial Materials for Advanced Tunneling Devices", 2005
• Hao Hu, "Study of Nanoscale Ferromagnetic Materials using Off-Axis Electron Holography", 2005
• M. Rafiqul Islam, "Characterization of Magnetically Doped Amorphous Semiconductors and Nanowires", 2005
• Hua Wang, "Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films and Nanostructures", 2005
• Lin Zhou, "Microstructure Characterization of Nitride Thin Films and Heterostructures", 2006

• Durvasulu Chandrasekhar, "Characterization of Group III-nitride semiconductor thin films by high-resolution electron microscopy", 1994
• Qian Jiang, "Microstucture of Silicon-Manganese Thin Films.", 2004